New Deal/WPA Art in Idaho


Boise, ID - Ada County Courthouse - information and news article about the Fletcher Martin et al. murals in the Ada County Courthouse


Post Office New Deal Artwork

Most of the Post Office works of art were funded through commissions under the Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture (later known as The Section of Fine Arts) and not the WPA.

Unless indicated, works of art are located in the US Post Office building.

Location

Artist

Title

Date

Medium

Blackfoot

Andrew Standing Soldier

"The Arrival Celebration" and "The Round-Up"

1939

tempera (on four walls)

Buhl

Richard Guy Walton

"Snake River Ferry"

1941

oil on canvas

Burley

Elizabeth Lochrie

"Pioneers on the Oregon Trail along the Snake River"

1938

oil on canvas

Kellogg

Fletcher Martin

"Discovery"

1941

oil on canvas

Preston

Edmond J. Fitzgerald

"The Battle of Bear River"

1941

oil on canvas

Saint Anthony

Elizabeth Lochrie

"The Fur Traders"

1939

oil on canvas

All mural images depicted on this site are used with permission
of the United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.

Source:
Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal
by Marlene Park & GeraldE. Markowitz


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